The Prosperity Mine Group is a zinc, gold, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Pima county, Arizona at an elevation of 3,652 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 31.95861, -111.09889
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Prosperity Mine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prosperity Mine Group
Secondary: Helmet Peak
Secondary: Elsie
Secondary: Camden
Secondary: Tit For Tat
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Arizona
County: Pima
District: Pima District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Year Last Production: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR POCKETS, LENSES, PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Within San Xavier Thrust Fault Block
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitic (Chlorite,Epidote, Some Serpentine)
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPYLITIC ALTERATION (CHL, EPIDOTE, SOME SERPENTINE); ABUNDANT FAULTS AND SHEARS.
Comment (Development): OPERATORS INCLUDED SUNRISE MINING CO, HELMET PEAK MINING AND MILLING CO
Comment (Commodity): PREDOMINANTLY AG, PB, ZN ORES AS POCKETS IN BRECCIA.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IN K ALTERED, BRECCIATED ANDESITE TUFF, FLOW, BRECCIA AND MINOR CONGLOMERATE.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILSON,E.D.,1950,ARIZONA ZINC AND LEAD DEPOSITS,PART1:ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 156.
Reference (Production): MAYUGA, 1942
Reference (Deposit): MAYUGA, 1942 VA PH.D. THESIS.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, BULL. 1112
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